Tea ceremony rinse-water bowl
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Period
mid 17th century -
Geography
Omuro kiln, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan -
Material
Stoneware with ash glaze -
Dimension
H x W x D: 8.7 x 17.4 x 13.9 cm (3 7/16 x 6 7/8 x 5 1/2 in) -
Accession Number
F1911.397 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1911.397
Object Details
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Artist
Nonomura Ninsei (active ca. 1646-77) -
Description
Tea-ceremony waste-water jar (kensui), wheel-thrown and pushed into an uneven oval in upper part; rim pinched into scallops; flat base.Clay: Shigaraki type, rough gray stoneware (high feldspar content with inclusions) fired reddish and brown on surface. Kyoto version of "Shigaraki" clay.Glaze: Natural kiln gloss, no applied glaze except a bit of greenish glaze outside and a bluish droplet inside which may have dropped on it accidentally.Mark: Ninsei impressed in clay, center base. -
Marks
Ninsei impressed in clay, center base. -
Provenance
To 1911Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]From 1911 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company in 1911 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2184, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1.[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Seasons: Tea (February 5 to August 7, 2011)Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)Rusticity Refined: Kyoto Ceramics by Ninsei (March 19 to October 23, 2005)Japanese Art in the Age of Koetsu (June 6, 1998 to February 15, 1999)Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to November 21, 1995)Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980) -
Previous custodian or owner
Y. Fujita and Company (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Omuro kiln, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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